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Event: Cityscape Architectural Awards
Date: Monday 6 October, 2008
Venue: Grand Hyatt Hotel, Dubai, UAE
The real estate industry turned out in full force once again for the Cityscape Architectural Awards last night. Over the last few years the Cityscape Architectural Awards have now developed into the world’s premier Architectural Awards for the emerging markets. The Awards reward excellence in architecture and design from the emerging regions of the Gulf States, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, South America and South and East Asia and Latin America. The Awards seek to recognise and reward real estate industry professionals, projects, developments and Architects that have shown outstanding designs, performance, vision and achievement in key emerging market and project areas.
A special feature of this year’s Cityscape Architectural Awards was the introduction of the Young Architect Award. This Award was initiated by Meraas Development, the Award's Exclusive Associate Sponsor, to promote the development of young talent in the architecture and design fields in the Emirates. The judges for the Young Architect Award had a difficult time in deciding a winner but eventually, after considerable debate and discussion May Barber, a Bachelor of Science in Architecture student from the American University of Sharjah emerged as the worthy winner of the Young Architect of the Year Award.
Within the main Award categories, just short of 400 different entries were received from a wide range of emerging market countries. To decide which projects were worthy of winning the Awards and seals of distinction of the Cityscape Architectural Awards, a judging panel consisting of high profile international judges spent a whole-day viewing, deliberating and discussing each and every entry. The international judging panel consisted of:
Dr. Fatih Rifki,
Dean of the School of Architecture and Design, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Dr. Suha Ozkan,
Chairman, World Architecture Community, Switzerland
John Assael
Vice-President, RIBA Professional Services
Doug Steidl
International Relations Fellow and Past President, AIA
George Katodrytis
aaUAE Board of Director and Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah
In addition to the tremendous support provided by our international judging panel, the Awards were honoured to have the full support of the Royal Institute of British Architects(RIBA), the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Architectural Association of the UAE (aaUAE). This support provides further recognition that the Cityscape Architectural Awards plays a critical and prominent role in promoting, developing and recognising industry innovators and achievers from the emerging markets.
The Awards and seals of distinction were presented at an elaborate and lavish gala dinner held at the Grand Hyatt Dubai. Over 700 industry professionals from the emerging markets attended to celebrate and acknowledge industry figureheads who have surpassed the already high standards of the industry.
Winners of the coveted Awards and seals of distinction were:
Commercial / Mixed Use Category - Built
Dogan Media Center, Ankara
Murat and Melkan Gursel Tabanlioglu
Commercial / Mixed Use Category - Future
Signature Towers
Zaha Hadid Architects
Community Category - Built
Inkwenkwezi Secondary School, Cape Town
Sonja Spamer Architects
Community Category - Future
National Kaohsiung Performance Arts Center, Taiwan
Mecanoo Architecten
Leisure Category - Built
City Art Square, Shatin, Hong Kong
Barrie Ho Architecture Interiors and Sun Hung Kai Architects and Engineers
Leisure Category - Future
Xanadu Island Resort, Bodrum, Turkey
DSA Architects International
Residential Category - Built
Levent Loft, Istanbul
Murat and Melkan Gursel Tabanlioglu
Residential Category - Future
Putrajaya Waterfront Development, Kuala Lumpur
Manfred Nicoletti
Tourism, Travel and Transport Category - Built
The Toy Museum, Singapore
Chan Soo Khian
Tourism, Travel and Transport Category - Future
Bab' Bhar Resort, Fujairah
Draw Link Group
Special Award - Environmental Award
Masdar Headquarters, Abu Dhabi
Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture
Special Award - Islamic Architecture Award
Renovation of Mosques of Historic Shindagha
Dubai Municipality
Revitalization of Old Souq of Dubai
Dubai Municipality
Revitalization of Historic Bastakia, Dubai
Dubai Municipality
Special Award – Master Planning Award
Zorlu Center, Istanbul
Tabanlioglu Architects Co. and Emre Arolat Architects Ltd.
Rohan Marwaha, Managing Director of Cityscape commented “Once again, we have had a tremendous response to the Awards and received an impressive array of nominations from all emerging regions. Cityscape is proud to be organising and hosting such a valuable vehicle to recognise and reward industry achievers from the emerging markets. These Awards would not be possible without the significant support and encouragement of the Awards sponsors, many of which are returning year after year. Our thanks and appreciation go to:
- American Breeze
- Etisalat
- Bose
- Smart Box
- LAB 23
- Gaggenau
- RAK Ceramics
- Dalkia
We would also like to say a big thank you to Meraas Development, our Exclusive Associate Sponsor for initiating the Young Architect Award, an excellent initiative which will go a long way in ensuring that young and aspiring UAE architects play a leading role within the developing UAE real estate industry”.
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